# Transfer Lightning balance to on-chain

Source URL: https://helpcenter.dxp-frontend.devserver.app/blockstream-app/use-lightning-bitcoin/transfer-lightning-balance-to-on-chain
Updated: 2026-04-09T09:36:38.000Z
Category: Blockstream App
Section: Use Lightning Bitcoin

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With the latest changes to our Lightning integration, you may notice a missing Lightning balance in the Blockstream app. **Don’t worry: your funds are safe**. [Read this notice](https://helpcenter.dxp-frontend.devserver.app/blockstream-app/use-lightning-bitcoin/enable-lightning) for more information.

You will need to transfer your Lightning node balance to on-chain while we finish our full Lightning solution.  
  
To get started, you first need a destination—a Bitcoin [address](https://glossary.blockstream.com/address-bitcoin/)—to transfer your Lighting sats to. You can use any on-chain Bitcoin wallet you'd like. For this example and for convenience, we will use an on-chain Bitcoin receive address generated within the same wallet on the Blockstream app.  
  
1\. From the home page of the wallet where you held Lightning bitcoin, tap **Transact** on the bottom navigation bar, then tap **Receive**.

![Lightning balance on the wallet home page in the Blockstream app](https://dxp-backend.devserver.app/uploads/help-center/content/blockstream-app/use-lightning-bitcoin/transfer-lightning-balance-to-on-chain/53373510493209.png)

![Transact page in the Blockstream app](https://dxp-backend.devserver.app/uploads/help-center/content/blockstream-app/use-lightning-bitcoin/transfer-lightning-balance-to-on-chain/53373520218905.png)

2\. Choose **Bitcoin** as the asset to receive.

![Asset selection page in the Blockstream app](https://dxp-backend.devserver.app/uploads/help-center/content/blockstream-app/use-lightning-bitcoin/transfer-lightning-balance-to-on-chain/53373510493465.png)

3\. **Copy** the receive address, then return to the wallet home page.

![Bitcoin receive address page](https://dxp-backend.devserver.app/uploads/help-center/content/blockstream-app/use-lightning-bitcoin/transfer-lightning-balance-to-on-chain/53373510493977.png)

![Lightning balance on the wallet home page in the Blockstream app](https://dxp-backend.devserver.app/uploads/help-center/content/blockstream-app/use-lightning-bitcoin/transfer-lightning-balance-to-on-chain/53373510493209.png)

4\. Tap on your **Lightning bitcoin balance**, then tap **Transfer Funds.**

![Transfer Funds button in Lightning balance page](https://dxp-backend.devserver.app/uploads/help-center/content/blockstream-app/use-lightning-bitcoin/transfer-lightning-balance-to-on-chain/53373510494105.png)

5\. **Paste** the receive address you copied. Confirm the transaction details, then **Slide to Send**, and tap **Ok** on the confirmation popup.

![Sweep Lightning to on-chain balance page](https://dxp-backend.devserver.app/uploads/help-center/content/blockstream-app/use-lightning-bitcoin/transfer-lightning-balance-to-on-chain/53373510494489.png)

![Node Onchain Balance notification](https://dxp-backend.devserver.app/uploads/help-center/content/blockstream-app/use-lightning-bitcoin/transfer-lightning-balance-to-on-chain/53373520220441.png)

![Bitcoin balance on the home page on the Blockstream app](https://dxp-backend.devserver.app/uploads/help-center/content/blockstream-app/use-lightning-bitcoin/transfer-lightning-balance-to-on-chain/53373510495001.png)

Navigation: Blockstream Help Center > Blockstream App > Transfer Lightning balance to on-chain

## Related Articles in This Section
- [Understand Lightning support in the Blockstream app](https://helpcenter.dxp-frontend.devserver.app/blockstream-app/use-lightning-bitcoin/understand-lightning-support-in-the-blockstream-app)
- [Enable Lightning](https://helpcenter.dxp-frontend.devserver.app/blockstream-app/use-lightning-bitcoin/enable-lightning)
- [Receive and send Lightning bitcoin](https://helpcenter.dxp-frontend.devserver.app/blockstream-app/use-lightning-bitcoin/receive-and-send-lightning-bitcoin)
- [Receive LBTC via Lightning and pay Lightning invoice with LBTC](https://helpcenter.dxp-frontend.devserver.app/blockstream-app/use-lightning-bitcoin/receive-lbtc-via-lightning-and-pay-lightning-invoice-with-lbtc)
- [Transfer Lightning balance to on-chain](https://helpcenter.dxp-frontend.devserver.app/blockstream-app/use-lightning-bitcoin/transfer-lightning-balance-to-on-chain) (current)
- [Understand receive capacity and funding fees on your Instant Lightning account](https://helpcenter.dxp-frontend.devserver.app/blockstream-app/use-lightning-bitcoin/understand-receive-capacity-and-funding-fees-on-your-instant-lightning-account)